Katherine (Kat) is a product designer who is passionate about designing ethical, accessible, and inclusive solutions that leverage tech to positively impact others. When she's not wireframing or prototyping, she's writing and coding. She is also the creator of the <Design Ethically> project, which explores how product teams can implement ethical practices in their day-to-day process.

She is currently in Austin, TX at IBM Design on the Security team, building IBM Security Connect, a cloud platform for security developers to integrate existing SaaS products that proactively protect enterprises from cyberattacks. She also collaborates with IBM’s AI Design Practices team to pilot <Design Ethically> methodology with product teams at IBM. Previously, she was in Washington, D.C., designing products for the US Air Force via IBM iX.

While she was a student at Duke University, she majored in design and received grants from the Kenan Institute for Ethics to conduct ethics research in Santo Domingo and Dublin. Her research in Santo Domingo focused on the effects of codified racism; her research in Dublin was centered around refugees and migrants.